Rotten Tomatoes

Movies / TV

    Celebrity

      No Results Found

      View All
      Movies Tv shows Movie Trivia News Showtimes

      The Haunted Mansion

      2003, Comedy/Fantasy, 1h 28m

      142 Reviews 100,000+ Ratings

      What to know

      Critics Consensus

      Neither scary nor funny, The Haunted Mansion is as lifeless as the ghosts in the movie. Read critic reviews

      You might also like

      See More
      Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
      Taxi
      Buffy the Vampire Slayer
      Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
      New York Minute

      Where to watch The Haunted Mansion

      Rent/buy Buy Subscription Rent/buy

      Watch The Haunted Mansion with a subscription on Disney+, rent on Apple TV, Vudu, or buy on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, Vudu.

      Rate And Review

      User image

      Verified

      • User image

        Super Reviewer

        Rate this movie

        Oof, that was Rotten.

        Meh, it passed the time.

        It’s good – I’d recommend it.

        Awesome!

        So Fresh: Absolute Must See!

        What did you think of the movie? (optional)



      • You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket.

      • User image

        Super Reviewer

        Step 2 of 2

        How did you buy your ticket?

        Let's get your review verified.

        • Fandango

        • AMCTheatres.com or AMC AppNew

        • Cinemark Coming Soon

          We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.

        • Regal Coming Soon

          We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.

        • Theater box office or somewhere else

        You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket.

      • User image

        Super Reviewer

        Rate this movie

        Oof, that was Rotten.

        Meh, it passed the time.

        It’s good – I’d recommend it.

        Awesome!

        So Fresh: Absolute Must See!

        What did you think of the movie? (optional)

      • How did you buy your ticket?

        • Fandango

        • AMCTheatres.com or AMC AppNew

        • Cinemark Coming Soon

          We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.

        • Regal Coming Soon

          We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.

        • Theater box office or somewhere else

      The Haunted Mansion  Photos

      Jim Evers (Eddie Murphy, center left) brings the family - wife Sara (Marsha Thomason, center), son Michael (Marc John Jefferies, center right), and daughter Megan (Aree Davis, right) to the mansion. Jim Evers (Eddie Murphy, left) asks Madame Leota (Jennifer Tilly, right) for advice. When grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize, these four singing busts like to harmonize - with Jim Evers (Eddie Murphy, left) and his son, Michael (Marc John Jefferies, right) for an audience. The grand staircase is just the beginning of the mansion's hidden secrets. Jim Evers (Eddie Murphy, pictured) has an interesting encounter with a crystal ball in Walt Disney Pictures' hilarious chiller, "The Haunted Mansion." Three "hitchhiking ghosts" try to thumb a ride. Master Gracey (Nathaniel Parker, left) sits down to dinner, aided by his butler, Ramsley (Terence Stamp, right). hearse, driven by Ezra (Wallace Shawn, center left) and Emma (Dina Waters, left) and carrying Jim Evers (Eddie Murphy, center right) and son Michael (Marc John Jefferies, right) Director Rob Minkoff (left), with Eddie Murphy (center left), Marsha Thomason (right rear), Aree Davis (right center), and Marc John Jefferies (right foreground). Costume designer Mona May (right) was charged with dressing all the ghouls. Visual Effects Supervisor Jay Redd (right) gets a hand from one particularly ghastly creation. Master Gracey (Nathaniel Parker, left) hides a secret that involves Jim's wife, Sara Evers (Marsha Thomason, right). Production Designer John Myhre (right) and supervising art director Tomas Voth (left) were charged with building the forty-foot-tall mansion and all its sets. Jim (Eddie Murphy, left), aides Ezra (Wallace Shawn, center) and Emma (Dina Waters, right) give a "hand" to Madame Leota (Jennifer Tilly, center right). The historic Gracey Manor, located on a, uh, charming bayou, has a Victorian ballroom, spacious (burial) grounds, secret passageways and a curse that has haunted the walls for generations. Marsha Thomason plays Jim's wife, Sara. Eddie Murphy stars as Jim Evers, a workaholic real-estate agent who gets a little quality time with the family in the unlikeliest of circumstances Producer Don Hahn is the most successful producer of animated films since Walt Disney, having seen through "Beauty and the Beast," "The Lion King," "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," and many others. When the crypt doors creak and the tombstones quake, director Rob Minkoff (pictured) comes out to socialize. Aree Davis plays Jim's daughter, Megan.

      Movie Info

      Workaholic real estate agent Jim Evers (Eddie Murphy) is accused by his wife, Sara (Marsha Thomason), of neglecting his son (Marc John Jefferies) and daughter (Aree Davis), so he takes the family on a vacation. Along the way, the family stops off at a sinister mansion that Jim has been asked to sell, only to discover it's haunted by Master Gracey (Nathaniel Parker) ; his stern butler, Ramsley (Terence Stamp) ; and two other servants who need some help breaking a curse.

      • Rating: PG (Language|Frightening Images|Thematic Elements)

      • Genre: Comedy, Fantasy

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Rob Minkoff

      • Producer: Don Hahn, Andrew Gunn

      • Writer: David Berenbaum, David Berenbaum

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

      • Release Date (Streaming):

      • Box Office (Gross USA): $75.8M

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures

      • Production Co: Walt Disney Pictures, Doom Buggy Productions, Gunn Films

      • Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR, DTS, SDDS

      • Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

      Cast & Crew

      News & Interviews for The Haunted Mansion

      Critic Reviews for The Haunted Mansion

      Audience Reviews for The Haunted Mansion

      • Oct 18, 2016

        "The Haunted Mansion" is the Olive Garden of Disney films: bland and seemingly pointless. You may not die from the experience, but is that really a blessing?

        Super Reviewer
      • Jan 01, 2014

        Ah 2003, the start of Disney's major theme park ride adaptations into the movies...not counting a few earlier nondescript flicks and 'Mission to Mars' which I never realised was a theme park adaptation. If you think about this premise you could be forgiven for thinking it would turn out crap, especially with Eddie Murphy involved. And you wouldn't be far wrong on that one point, the casting of Murphy and his 'family' members in this film was a terrible choice. The reason being they all stick out like a sore thumb in the story, they all look totally out of place and none can act too well. The film has been turned into a Murphy vehicle and the film suffers for it, it feels forced, his family in the film feel forced and fake, the silly humour and annoying dialog from Murphy feels forced and its all in there simply for Murphy, awful decision. That aside the rest of the film is actually pretty sweet. The plot has been cleverly turned into a romantic ghost tale where upon the mansions owner is seeking his one true love whom he lost centuries ago. Of course his true love is Murphy's living wife so a battle of supernatural proportions ensues as Murphy must stop this aristocratic spook floating off with his wife. What works is the extra casting of the main ghost servants and their master within the mansion. Stamp is perfect as the stiff upper lipped butler with a dark secret, Wallace Shawn is perfect as the quirky sidekick footman ghost, Tilly is surprisingly good as the crystal ball gypsy spirit and Nathaniel Parker plays the noble British toff manor owner to a tee complete with thick dark locks. Not too sure how these ghosts work though, at times they can't or don't seem to interact with the living, then all of a sudden they can touch and pick things up. Its all very cliched and hammy of course being based on a stereotypical haunted house attraction but that's fine, you expect that. In fact they capture that atmosphere perfectly, the whole eccentric Disney ambiance coupled with an eerie fanciful glow. Indeed the film does work better if you have actually been on the attraction at Disney World. There are many many little homages to the ride throughout the film from visual references to dialog, some sequences showing identical sections from the attraction. It does sounds kinda tacky but it really works nicely and gives you a pleasant ghostly trip down memory lane. I really liked how the ghosts become 'more dead' visually the further from the mansion they are. So once outside all the ghosts have a really cool supernatural blue glow or aura which looks quite striking. I liked the graveyard and how it housed many of the ghosts from the attraction including the three famous hitchhiker spooks. As said I also liked the replication of sets from the attraction too, the hallway of portraits being the main one easily. One thing I didn't like was the swamp set New Orleans look for the mansion, not my personal cup of tea, I prefer the Liberty Square Dutch Gothic design from Disney World's Magic Kingdom. But how did that ghostly horse drawn hearse crash through the walls of the mansion complete with Murphy and co inside?. How would ghosts be able to knock through walls when they are...errr ghosts. And how on earth would living people be able to go through the wall with the ghosts??. On the whole the film does look really good and clearly a lot of thought and craftsmanship went into making the visuals realistic. Its really nice (and amazingly surprising) that they actually constructed the mansion instead of relying on CGI. The interiors and props all benefit from genuine craftsmanship too which really sets the mood, for all you 'Nightmare Before Christmas'/Addams Family/Munster lovers out there (like me) you'll love it. This is a film you really really really really did expect to be utter utter utter tripe...but its not!. Its actually a really decent looking light-hearted supernatural ride just like the real attraction. The homages are great for folk who have been to the attraction but for those who haven't they just come across as neat spooky visual candy. As I said the only let down is Murphy and co as the endangered mortal family, well mainly Murphy. His tomfoolery lets down the quite decent performances of the supernatural cast.

        Super Reviewer
      • Nov 21, 2012

        Not really what I'd watch but had some good bits, One for the kids.

        Super Reviewer
      • Jul 10, 2012

        full of awesome special effects but sadly not the best film around. the story is very mind numbinglly simple and eddie murphy offers some humour but not enough to save this film. what is obviously set up for a possible franchise gets off to a bad start. not bad but definitely not the film it could have been

        brendan n Super Reviewer

      Movie & TV guides

      View All